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PARNASSIA FIMBRIATA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Parnassia fimbriata mean?
• PARNASSIA FIMBRIATA (noun)
The noun PARNASSIA FIMBRIATA has 1 sense:
1. bog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream-colored or white saucer-shaped flowers with fringed petals; west of Rocky Mountains from Alaska to New Mexico
Familiarity information: PARNASSIA FIMBRIATA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bog plant with broadly heart-shaped basal leaves and cream-colored or white saucer-shaped flowers with fringed petals; west of Rocky Mountains from Alaska to New Mexico
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
fringed grass of Parnassus; Parnassia fimbriata
Hypernyms ("Parnassia fimbriata" is a kind of...):
wild flower; wildflower (wild or uncultivated flowering plant)
Holonyms ("Parnassia fimbriata" is a member of...):
genus Parnassia (genus of bog herbs of Arctic and northern temperate regions)
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